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  • IMF pleased with Jamaicas progress

    From left: Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips, Jan Kees Martijn, head of the IMF delegation, and Bank of Jamaica Governor Brian Wynter at the press conference held at the Ministry of Finance yesterday afternoon. - Gladstone ...

  • Jamaican Hurdler Thomas Second in Beijing Athletics Challenge

    Beijing, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Jamaican Dwight Thomas achieved the silver medal in the 110m hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge, Beijing, taking place in this capital. Thomas achieved a time of 13.44 seconds following American David Oliver, Olympic Medalist in London 2012, current world record holder and gold medal winner with 13.16 Bronze medal for also American Jason Richardson with a ...

  • Fall for a Low-Season Couples Getaway to Romantic Moon Dance Resorts

    NEGRIL, JAMAICA--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - Enrich your relationship without draining your wallet by planning a summer or fall couples' escape to Moon Dance Resorts, offering two distinctive destinations in beautiful Negril, Jamaica, with luxurious. Reduced off-season pricing for a romantic Moon Dance getaway starts at just $195 per night now through December 20, 2013. Moon Dance ...

  • Jamaican man found dead on Friday

    Published: May 20, 2013 A man from Jamaica was the victim of a homicide on Friday, according to Tampa police. Patrick A. Richardson, 38, was found slain in the 4800 block of North 30th Street, police said. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Tampa police (813) ...

  • Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online

    HAVANA -- A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica.Internet analysis firm Renesys says it detected the new traffic between Cuban state telecom monopoly Etecsa and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning May 13.Renesys analyst Doug Madory announced the new ...


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Beowulf & Grendel [DVD]

Beowulf & Grendel [DVD]

Just dont take any courses where they make you read Beowulf, Woody Allen quipped in Annie Hall (1977), essentially summarizing most peoples appreciation of the anonymously penned eighth-century epic poem that is now required reading in most high school and college ... ...

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  • Jamaica Selectboard provides sidewalk update

    Tuesday May 21, 2013 JAMAICA -- The underground wiring near the Jamaica Community Church will now be funded by the Lady Benefit Society instead of the town, according to an announcement at the May 13 Selectboard meeting. "They saw that we were going to dig up a trench," said Selectboard member Lou Bruso, who suggested the idea of burying the wires while replacing the sidewalks in that ...

  • Moodys warns of debt default relapse for Jamaica Belize

    Ratings agency Moody's Investor Service said Monday that there is a high probability that Jamaica and Belize will relapse into default."At the moment, we see a high probability that Belize and Jamaica will relapse into default," Moody's said in a statement as it singled out Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname as two of the few Caribbean countries that had stable ...

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